Britain is no country for old men

'That is no country for old men....Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.' W.B.Yeats 'Sailing To Byzantium.' 1926

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Britain says "Goodbye" to its extraordinary guitarist, Wilko Johnson, who felt elation when he looked death in the face

Wilko, former rhythm and blues, 'Dr Feelgood' guitarist and founding father of the English punk movement has died at the age of seve...

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Britain made and now, all too soon, has lost its Prince of Children's Authors, Marcus Sedgwick

Marcus, who has died at the age of fifty-four, had, in his twenty year writing career, written more than 40 books for children and adults...

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Britain is an old country where an old King rests against an old tree in an old park

The King : Charles III : age 74 years The occasion : To mark, on 11th November, his appointment as 'Ranger of the Park', seventy ...

Friday, 4 November 2022

Britain salutes its last remaining ‘SAS Rogue Hero’, Mike Sadler

Page views : 487 Mike, who is now 102 years old, was born, Willis Michael Sadler, early in 1920, in Kensington, London. He was nineteen when...

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...............................JohnBoy: A 70+ post-Second World War baby-boomer looking for and finding some surprising answers to the question : "Is Britain no country for Old Men ?"

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